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Irwin M. Jacobs
Jacobs is a pioneer in the wireless technology industry. The company that he founded, Qualcomm, developed a satellite-based communications protocol called CDMA, Code Division Multiple Access. Considered one of the fastest growing wireless... View Details
Keywords: Communications
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fast Forward
Anthony Foxx discussing America’s infrastructure challenges, Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter last month released MOVE: Putting America’s Infrastructure Back in the Lead to offer a road map for a more mobile future. Tax Code In an effort to... View Details
- September 2010
- Article
Making Self-Regulation More Than Merely Symbolic: The Critical Role of the Legal Environment
By: Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
Using data from a sample of U.S. industrial facilities subject to the federal Clean Air Act from 1993 to 2003, this article theorizes and tests the conditions under which organizations' symbolic commitments to self-regulate are particularly likely to result in improved... View Details
Keywords: Adoption; Code Law; Environmental Sustainability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Organizations; Governance Compliance; Strategy; Motivation and Incentives; United States
Short, Jodi L., and Michael W. Toffel. "Making Self-Regulation More Than Merely Symbolic: The Critical Role of the Legal Environment." Administrative Science Quarterly 55, no. 3 (September 2010): 361–396. (Lead article; Featured in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (Summer 2011) and in Behind the scenes of the Administrative Science Quarterly.)
- November 2010
- Technical Note
Technical Note: An Abridged History of the American Corporation
By: Rakesh Khurana, Andrew David Klaber and Eric Baldwin
This note examines the development of the corporate form in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present, focusing primarily on legal issues. It identifies several major trends in the history of the American corporation: the transition of corporations... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Corporate Accountability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; History; Code Law; Managerial Roles; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Private Ownership; United States
Khurana, Rakesh, Andrew David Klaber, and Eric Baldwin. "Technical Note: An Abridged History of the American Corporation." Harvard Business School Technical Note 411-069, November 2010.
- 02 Mar 2016
- What Do You Think?
Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?
nutshell, admittedly from a layman’s viewpoint. The Apple phone is designed with a security feature that makes it difficult for an unauthorized user to get to the contents. A four-digit code controls access. Ten incorrect attempts to open... View Details
- Web
Frequently Asked Questions | Employment
Frequently Asked Questions General Inquiries What happens to my resume after I apply? When can I expect to hear back after I submit my resume? Does Harvard Business School provide Visa Sponsorship? Do I have to submit a cover letter when I apply? What is the dress... View Details
- 24 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Chloe Ho, MBA 2019: Data-Driven and In Demand
teams at tech-savvy startups, such as Squarespace, quickly confirmed her data-minded suspicion. “I would successfully pass through several rounds of interviews, only to be stymied later on when handed a laptop for live coding exercises,”... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 06 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
The MS/MBA Technology Showcase: A Celebration of Our Startups
thrown-together coding skills, my network, and sheer luck. I landed my first job as a software engineering consultant at Red Hat, and launched into a new world of software engineering. Two years later, I combined my interest in biology... View Details
- 24 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Data-Driven and in Demand
teams at tech-savvy startups, such as Squarespace, quickly confirmed her data-minded suspicion. “I would successfully pass through several rounds of interviews, only to be stymied later on when handed a laptop for live coding exercises,”... View Details
- 07 Mar 2005
- What Do You Think?
Should Business Management Be Regarded as a Profession?
conform to the strictures and codes of ethics similar to those characteristic of medicine, law, and the clergy? These are two of the questions posed in a provocative article reprinted from a new book, Restoring Trust in American Business,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Tulsi Patel | MBA
class, I aspired to mentor other young girls who were enthusiastic about technology but had limited opportunities to explore their interests at an early age. Thus, I helped launch my community's first coding workshop for kids and led a... View Details
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Pitchbook | Baker Library
data downloads. Profile views are limited to 250 per day. Faculty and staff with Harvard University account codes can purchase additional data download capabilities of 1000 daily/2000 monthly rows of company, deal or fund data and 500... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
several years ago in Asian Business magazine's annual most admired companies survey, Siam Cement Group (SCG) was one of the first firms in Thailand to develop its own written code of ethics. SCG's philosophy is rooted in the Buddhist... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
What’s New in Educational Innovation? A Few Highlights
first-year MBA students. The bootcamp uses a learning-by-doing approach to build skills required to succeed as an early-stage entrepreneur. Other topics such as coding and financial analysis are planned for future programs. HBX Two New... View Details
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1.8 Academic Honors | MBA
to students who have achieved an exceptionally high academic performance and whose conduct has been in keeping with the letter and spirit of the HBS Community Values and MBA Honor Code . The Academic Performance Committee (APC) is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Venture: A Welcome Assist
to help companies identify problematic source code and apply automatic fixes wherever possible. There are plenty of reasons that companies might want to make their websites accessible to everyone, Bervell says, starting with economics:... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
The Heart of the Deal
an HBS classmate of Burke’s, a connection that led to the code word “Crimson” during part of the deal’s secret negotiations, the New York Times (December 3, 2009) reported. The transaction “began in earnest” last March, according to the... View Details
- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Just Rewards
Michael Darrington (PMD 27, 1974) believes in putting people first. As CEO of Greggs, which he led for 24 years to become the United Kingdom’s baking industry leader and in previous positions where he oversaw strategic turnarounds. He has consistently implemented a... View Details
- 17 Dec 2018
- News
Tomorrow, Transformed
business leadership to accelerate social change COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE: What does environmental leadership look like in the age of global warming? CODE BREAKERS: Increasing the number of women in positions of leadership READY, SET,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Books
new competitive era." Breaking the Code of Change Edited by Michael Beer and Nitin Nohria (Harvard Business School Press) With the restructuring and upheaval that has characterized life in the corporate world over the last two decades,... View Details